This certification is a 'database-tier
only' (previously known as a split tier) platform certification - the
application tier must be on a different certified EBS platform such as
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit), for example.

Oracle's Revenue Recognition rules
prohibit us from discussing certification and release dates, but you're
welcome to monitor or subscribe to this blog for updates, which I'll
post as soon as soon as they're available.

Solaris (x86, not SPARC) has kind of been the ignored stepchild for Oracle in the past. Given this certification (and an announcement at Collaborate 2010 that Solaris would be the premier platform for Oracle), can we assume that this will change in the future? Will Solaris x86 become the preferred platform over Linux in the x86 space?

I don't think any of this blog's contributors (including me) can comment on this. If you're looking for a substantive discussion about our Solaris strategy, your best bet might be to ask your Oracle account manager for a detailed briefing on the roadmap for that platform.

Anne-
While we certify and support Solaris x86-64 (64-bit) as an EBS database tier only platform, we do not yet have firm plans to port the EBS application tier. Please file an SR (under App Install) so that we can track demand, and send us the SR number -- thanks.

Tauseef-
The database release is not yet available, and we are not able to comment on future certification dates. However, the certifications of E-Business Suite Releases 11i, 12.0 and 12.1 against 11gR2 (11.2.0.1) on HP-UX Itanium are planned. Stay tuned...

Hi Steven,
Are there any plans that 11i, R12, SOA, FMW, etc., will be ported on Solaris-x64? You see, if someone is migrating its applications from Solaris-SPARC in order to get to commodity HW (x64 that is) then why would they want to run their EBS stack in split configuration with DB running on Solaris-x64 and the Apps stack running on Linux instead of migrating everything on Linux? So, in my opinion, it offers only a little value to certify just the database on Solaris-x64.

Oracle's Revenue Recognition rules prohibit us from discussing certification and release dates, but you're welcome to monitor or subscribe to this blog for updates, which I'll post as soon as soon as they're available.

Hi Steve,
I was hoping that someone would update me on whether Oracle had any plans to certify its EBS and FMW stack on Solaris on x64 or not. Any chance that someone from Oracle might shed some light on Oracle's direction for Solaris x64? If Oracle is going to dump Solaris x64 in favor of Linux then Oracl's customers have the right to know about it.

Amir -
There are no current plans to port the EBS application (middle) tier to Solaris x86-64; we continue to invest in both Linux and Solaris (SPARC) and will also continue to support Solaris x86-64 on the database tier.
An EBS porting effort on the application tier involves not just Applications product code, but also dependent Oracle and non-Oracle products (3rd party) - this is a non trivial effort and cost, and we continue to monitor requests such as yours to assess demand for it.
rgds,
John